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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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